What's Queer about Europe?: Productive Encounters and Re-enchanting Paradigms

Acknowledgment

vii acknowledgments We would like to thank our authors, who accepted a potentially challenging invitation to consider what is Queer about Europe. They generously accepted the challenge to tailor their current research and sent us thoughtprovoking and inspiring contributions. The Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis at the University of Amsterdam provided financial support and a stimulating research environment. Special thanks to the participants of the annual ASCA Theory Seminar. The book developed as a sub-project of a research group that met under the aegis of the Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis and the Institute for History and Culture. We thank the participants in the “Europeanizing Spaces” project for stimulating discussions. We want to thank Mike Katzberg for his patience and meticulous editing of the manuscript. The detailed and constructive reports of the two readers of the manuscript enriched the introduction and general structure of the book. We were touched by their collegiality and generosity. We thank Helen Tartar and Tom Lay at Fordham University Press for their support and encouragement from the early stages of the project. What’s Queer about Europe? ...